Eight years ago, every oil well on the planet ran dry, utterly dissolving the cornerstone of modern civilization. Global economies withered and nations fell like bone-dry dominoes, including the seemingly impervious United States. Caught in a zenith of chaos, Sunrise City now lies in the hands of a criminal cabal who may or may not hold the key to the future and the secrets behind the planet's tragic ruin. Bleedout tells the frighteningly plausible tale of a world destroyed by its own greed and shortsightedness. Based on the Massively Multiplayer Online Shooter video game from Vogster Entertainment, this deluxe hardcover volume collects chapters drawn by some of the comic industry's hottest superstars, including Nathan Fox, Zach Howard, Sanford Greene, David Williams, Ben Templesmith, Gary Erskine, Howard Chaykin, Glenn Fabry, Vince Proce, and Trevor Hairsine, with cover art by Tim Bradstreet. Written by Mike Kennedy (Aeon Flux, Ghost), this graphic novel presents the world of Bleedout in all of its grim, pulp noir glory, with page after page of supplemental graphic and story material that further explores this tragic future, and the frighteningly familiar current events that led there in the first place.
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Mike Kennedy has written and produced video games for EA, Namco, Activision and Vogster. In comics, he has written for Ghost, Star Wars and Aeon Flux. Howard Chaykin has had an illustrious career, both inside comics and out. He illustrated and wrote the seminal American Flagg!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bleedout is less of a terrifying story about a possible future for humanity, and instead moves toward being an enjoyable comic
January 11, 2012
Format:Hardcover
Bleedout could very easily be a graphic novel about the global politics of oil, or a pro-ecological tale of a dying Earth, or some kind of outlandish, post-apocalyptic science fiction--but while it skirts these themes, it doesn't focus on any of the above. Despite a bleak opening chapter about how the world is essentially falling to pieces due to a sudden disappearance of all of Earth's oil resources, author Mike Kennedy instead focuses on the characters running the seedy underworld in Sunrise City.
While this approach seems to evade the larger (and more important) picture of what may be happening throughout the rest of the world during this crisis, it also makes Bleedout far less depressing. Kennedy begins to write about a very real problem that exists in our world, but it's not long before the plot skews toward science-fictional superhumans, imaginary bacteria, and unusual conspiracies. All of the short stories that are crafted here fit very elegantly into one another to form a coherent story, in spite of the countless characters and complexity of the plot line. It's occasionally hard to ignore the fact that there's a much larger problem than one city's petty crimelords, but in this way, Bleedout is less of a terrifying story about a possible future for humanity, and instead moves toward being an enjoyable comic. There's only so much apocalypse one reader can take, and by making it digestible, we can extrapolate enough bleakness to assume that this is happening all over the world.
Kennedy has created a book with absolutely no dialogue, which is an unfamiliar and interesting approach to visual storytelling.... Read more ›
While this approach seems to evade the larger (and more important) picture of what may be happening throughout the rest of the world during this crisis, it also makes Bleedout far less depressing. Kennedy begins to write about a very real problem that exists in our world, but it's not long before the plot skews toward science-fictional superhumans, imaginary bacteria, and unusual conspiracies. All of the short stories that are crafted here fit very elegantly into one another to form a coherent story, in spite of the countless characters and complexity of the plot line. It's occasionally hard to ignore the fact that there's a much larger problem than one city's petty crimelords, but in this way, Bleedout is less of a terrifying story about a possible future for humanity, and instead moves toward being an enjoyable comic. There's only so much apocalypse one reader can take, and by making it digestible, we can extrapolate enough bleakness to assume that this is happening all over the world.
Kennedy has created a book with absolutely no dialogue, which is an unfamiliar and interesting approach to visual storytelling.... Read more ›
0 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Enjoyed this very much. I hope the next installment will soon be available. Would make a great Movie!
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